It has to be admitted that the strength of the two sides is really huge, which makes the soldiers of the Jin army very depressed. Many soldiers in the village were heartbroken, so a discerning person could see that the team seemed a little loose at a glance. If it weren't for Lu Yao's temporary dispatch of several soldiers to join the village army as backbone, I'm afraid many people would turn around and run away on the spot.
But seeing the ten times enemy showing off his might in front of him, even the old corpses under Lu Yao could not help but be scared. Zhao Lu, who was originally under Gao Xiang's command, was recently transferred to Lu Yao's direct subordinate. He felt that his throat was dry and he had difficulty breathing. He coughed a few times before he recovered. Seeing that the Hu people's team gradually became dense, he held the spear tightly with both hands and stepped on the depression on the ground to try to exert force; then he bent down to make sure that his body was completely covered by the wooden fence in the first row of the military formation.
As a soldier who survived dozens of battles, he would have his unique ability to save his life even if he was not good. While making the final preparations for the battle, Zhao Lu couldn't help but swept to the right side of the military formation. He had already chosen a route of escape between the rocks in that high ground. In case the war was unfavorable, as long as he ran along this route, it would be difficult for the Hu cavalry or the crossbowmen to threaten him.
Zhao Lu's gaze that he retracted from a distance fell on a young soldier beside him. The young man was thin, perhaps because of the enemy's momentum, and his face looked a little pale. It was Mu Lan, the leader of the team where Zhao Lu was located.
After the Bingzhou Army was defeated a few months ago, Zhao Lu and Mu Lan were both one of the defeated soldiers who were headless and flies. The two fled together and returned to the army until the Duke of Yue Shi marched into Jinyang. It is strange that Zhao Lu and Mu Lan are neither fellow townsmen nor are they much older, but they are particularly close. Although Mu Lan has been promoted to a higher level with his good performance in military training, Zhao Lu still often regards this honest young man as his junior.
Zhao Lu hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "Boy, if there is something in a while... you must follow me! Only by following closely can you have a way out. Do you understand? Don't rush forward with silly!"
Unexpectedly, Mu Lan glared at him and replied angrily: "Any place where soldiers fight and corpse are established, you will die if you die. Fortunately, you will die if you live!"
Zhao Lu looked at Mu Lan blankly: "What are you talking about? Is this thing Chinese? Why can't I understand?"
Mu Lan once received the teaching of the simplified etiquette with the elders in the village. He was the only few soldiers in Lu Yao's army who knew the words and literate. During the previous military training, he was discovered by Lu Yao with Zhu Sheng and others. Lu Yao attached great importance to these people and often communicated with them in addition to training, and he considered them as a disciple of the general. Therefore, Mu Lan blurted out that Lu Yao's military tactics were ordinary. The problem is that these words sounded too profound to veterans who didn't know a single word.
Mu Lan gritted her teeth and said, "This is what General Lu teaches, which means that only by sacrificing one's life and dying can one have a way out on the battlefield; those who are greedy and afraid of death like you, will definitely die!"
Zhao Lu couldn't help but be shocked and angry: "You birdie, you are unlucky! I'm useless to take care of you so much, why are you so heartless..."
Zhao Lu really got angry and could curse for three days and three nights. But this time, he said a few words, and the sound of killing in front of him was loudly aroused, and the Hu people launched an attack.
Although the array during the march had a bit of strong soldiers, the Hu people were still in a mess when they rushed. With the central army's whistle and yelling, regardless of whether the long-term soldiers were different, they rushed towards the Jin army's array.
Some people in the team opened their bows and shot arrows, and the clusters of arrows hit the raised wooden fence, making a continuous sound. Some arrows penetrated through the gaps in the wooden fence and hit several soldiers of the Jin army. Fortunately, the bows used by the Hu people were long-slit horn bows used for riding and shooting, and the range and power were average. Even if they were shot, as long as they did not hit the vital points directly, it would not be a big deal. The archers of the Jin army immediately shot back and forth, and both sides went back and forth for several rounds, and several of them were shot.
With the protection of the wooden fence, the soldiers of the Jin army were far fewer than those of the Hu people. The Hu people are brave by nature and will not stop charging unless they hit the key point.
In a blink of an eye, the Hu people were approaching. They were like rushing into the torrent of the dam, making loud shouts. The first group of strong men, holding big moves, began to chop the wooden fence under the cover of their shields.
There were three wooden fences in front of Tuanbai Valley and retreated step by step in the direction of the road. At this moment, the first one approached by the Hu people. This wooden fence was built with logs cut in nearby mountains and forests. Although the structure was poor, it was very solid. The Hu people cut axe after a while, and saw bark, wood chips and other things flying across the road, but there was no result in a short period of time. Instead, the Jin army stabbed out through the wooden fence with a long spear, stabbing several swords and axe players to death one after another.
Hu was a life-threatening person. Whenever someone was killed and injured, the others ignored him. Sometimes they simply stepped forward on the bodies of the injured, picked up the sharp blade and axe that landed on the ground and continued to attack the wooden fence. Some of them were even more agile, so they swung their swords and slashed the body of the Jin army's spear.
Mu Lan aimed out of the gap in the wooden fence, and watched Leng Zi stab the spear out. After hurting several people in succession, he suddenly pulled the handle of the gun out with force. He was caught off guard and dragged his whole body over, hitting the wood with his forehead and bounced back with blood. He was excited about fighting, so how could he feel pain? He was about to rush forward again, but the movement of waving the spear was not effective. He calmed down and looked at it. The spear had been cut off, and the breaking was only about an inch away from his palm. After thinking about it, he realized that if the wooden fence had not blocked him, he would have been afraid that his arm would have been removed.
At the moment of luck, someone suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Be careful!" Before he finished speaking, Mu Lan felt the darkness in front of him, and was immediately knocked down by a tall turtle man who fell from the sky.
It turned out that the Hu people had learned their lesson at this time. They first used several swords, shields and hands as the leader to cut off several long spears one after another. The Jin army's counterattack in this small area was immediately frustrated. Taking this opportunity, they leaned the big shield against the wooden fence. More than a dozen agile warriors used the force to cross the wooden fence and jumped straight into the Jin army formation. Unfortunately, Mu Lan was bent over to cover his head, and a fat and strong man jumped on his back. Both of them were unstable and immediately rolled into a ball.
The two were too close to each other, and the Hu man sneered, and the stench of his mouth hit him, and the man was about to vomit. Mu Lan only hugged his hands and held the Hu man's arm holding the knife, but he could not prevent his other hand from being empty. He swung his fist on his chest and fist. The punch was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and it made Mu Lan's mouth and nose splatter, and was about to be beaten to death on the spot. Fortunately, Zhao Lu reacted very quickly, ran over in a diagonal thorn, and took the Hu man's life with a knife in his heart. Mu Lan escaped from death, feeling that his hands and feet were soft.
At the same time, the Hu people who jumped into the wooden fence shouted wildly, holding short soldiers to let go. The Jin army around were close to each other, and how could they resist it? They were killed and injured more than a dozen brothers, and the array was in chaos. Fortunately, the commander Yang Ruo was an old army who had been through the battlefield for a long time. He had a lot of experience and ordered the spearmen in the back row to make up without hesitation. These spearmen were soldiers who had been hard training for several months, and they stabbed them to death with more than ten spears. No matter how good you are, you can't survive.
Although all these brave dead soldiers were killed, they were disturbed by them. The Jin army's defensive formation along the Muzha had a huge omission. While the spearmen were busy eliminating these dead soldiers, more Hu people approached the Muzha. Some continued to cut down with knives and axes; some climbed on the Muzha and waved their weapons to kill them; some rely on their strength and simply shouted horns to rush over the Muzha. The Jin army immediately organized a counterattack.
Mu Lan lay on the ground and gasped for a few moments, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. Seeing the enemy approaching, he picked up a spear on the ground and rushed to the wooden fence to fight against the enemy again. Judging from his personal bravery and fighting will, the Xiongnu soldiers were indeed far above the Jin army. However, the two armies formed a formation and their personal martial arts were often useless. At this time, the fighting methods cultivated by dozens of spearmen on the Jin army in the past month's training showed results.
Taking Mu Lan as an example, after deducting the deaths and injuries in recent days, six soldiers were left. They used three people as a solid combat team; they cooperated closely and attacked in a separate manner. Each attack was aimed at killing and wounding one person, and they would never fight each other. As soon as the Huns met them, three spears were rushed at the same time. When defending, the Jin army relied on the cover of the wooden fence, and on the other hand, supporting each other, forcing the Hu people to retreat again and again.
With the good tactical discipline shown by dozens of spearmen, the Jin army resisted the Hu people. None of the two sides wanted to retreat and fought fiercely with each other. In a short period of time, extremely huge casualties and injuries occurred.
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Thank you for your support and concern. There are some questions in the book review area, so I will briefly answer them here. The normal update rhythm of this book is daily updates. As an office worker, Crab writes out of hobbies and uses a few strokes every day during work breaks. I really can't get up. I took care of my child alone on Saturdays and Sundays. The child is six years old, which is the time to make trouble, so I will be busier than usual. But if there is a break, I will add updates to compensate next week. I sincerely hope that all friends will understand.
If this causes the readers to be unhappy, the crab will only give up the crown and bow down to thank him. He intends to seduce the stomach, but ask for the wrong introduction...
In addition, there are questions about the title of the chapter. I personally think that it is not a big problem to arrange important plots like the Jinyang War into Chapter 18. To be honest, there are dozens of chapters after this battle. If the reader feels impatient because of this, I... I have to release the finale in advance to apologize...
The Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms are an unpopular era, so "Fufeng Song" is destined to be unpopular. Haha, because of this, every reader who can stop and watch this book has made me feel great help. I sincerely thank you.
Chapter completed!